The funny thing about Keystone is Repubican’s really don’t want it (at least before the election). Rather, they want it as an election issue.

If they really wanted it, all they would have to do is compromise on something. I am sure there any of a dozen things that we liberals would trade for Keystone. A carbon tax? Sure. Eliminating every last loophole for the oil industry? Close…you might need a little sweetener on that yet. Retroactively adjusting the gas tax to inflation and making such adjustments permanent? Deal.

See, Republicans, this isn’t hard. Politics used to work this way, you know.

The spill of tar sands in Michigan demonstrates that we don’t even know how to clean up a tar sands spill.

Nor do we know yet what pipeline standards are needed.

Even Romney could not afford the liabilities that would come with Keystone XL. That’s why he would stick we, the little people, with the tab. You know us, the ones with little or “no skin in the game”…just our blood.

When the pipeline springs a leak as one of its first stretches of pipe did, what’s he going to tell the farmers of Nebraska and the people whose water will be contaminated for decades. Still, I would pay money to see him sweatin’ in the hot sun.